Posted Sunday November 30 2014 at 8:33 pm in Cultural Inclusion
Managing Director of Cape Cod CAN, Jim Hurley, reports that all who participated were "Dancing in the Street" and mighty "Happy" about it.
Posted Wednesday November 26 2014 at 07:10 am in Education
A joint project by the Annenberg Institute and WNET was recently released: The Power of Music, a free online professional development course about El Sistema.
El Sistema is a transformational music education program, begun in 1975 in Venezuela, that has helped hundreds of thousands of children in poverty envision a brighter future for themselves. Music educators in the United States, inspired by their Venezuelan colleagues, have begun to establish programs with a similar mission — to use music as a means to help young people realize their full potential as citizens.
Eight half-hour videos and 40+ shorter clips explore a variety of Sistema-inspired programs and practices used by music educators and teaching artists in diverse communities across the U.S. Accompanying the videos in eight course units are a wealth of online resources, including interactive tools, a facilitator’s guide, and strategies aligned with the national standards.
Posted Saturday November 22 2014 at 10:09 pm in News
Anthony Di Salvo, Executive Director of Sprout in New York City contacted VSA's Charles Washburn to let us know about the partnership between Comcast and The Arc & Sprout Film Festival bringing free films to On Demand for Comcast customers.
Sprout is a non-profit organization which sponsors a festival each year of films made by or featuring people with intellectual and developmental disabilities. Sprout is dedicated to helping people grow through challenging, creative and fun experiences that enhance socialization, self-confidence, and inclusion.
Through November 30, 2014 stream films online or to watch on TV, Comcast subscribers can go to On Demand, click into the Specials folder and then click into the folder labeled Disability Awareness. At the top of that page click on the folder labeled Sprout Film Festival.
All 12 of the films on Comcast have sub-titles. For even more Sprout films with subtitles, visit the Sprout Flix website.
If you are interested in submitting a film for the 2015 festival, the deadline is March 1, 2015.